Jackie Morris: Artist and illustrator of The Lost Spells and The Lost Words joins us from her studio in Wales

Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk about her recent projects, what’s sustaining her through the pandemic, and her new pillow book, The Unwinding.

NOTE: We are currently in the process of securing copies of The Unwinding from the UK. If you are interested in ordering a copy, please contact sparks@ptreyesbooks.com. You can read more about The Unwinding on Brainpickings.

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About The Lost Spells and The Lost Words

Since its publication in 2017, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now, The Lost Spells, a book kindred in spirit and tone, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults.

The Lost Spells evokes the wonder of everyday nature, conjuring up red foxes, birch trees, jackdaws, and more in poems and illustrations that flow between the pages and into readers’ minds. Robert Macfarlane’s spell-poems and Jackie Morris’s watercolour illustrations are musical and magical: these are summoning spells, words of recollection, charms of protection. To read The Lost Spells is to see anew the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded of what happens when we allow it to slip away.

About Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris is an author and illustrator. She lives in a small house beside the sea in Wales, with cats and dogs for company. She studied illustration at Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy and has illustrated many books, and written some. The Lost Words, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019.